Java Temanggung arabica natural coffee is grown by experienced farmers in Temanggung, Central Java, Indonesia, at an altitude of 1600 - 2100 meters above sea level.
Temanggung is an area consisting of mountains and lowlands. The area is surrounded by volcanoes, making the land in Temanggung extremely fertile. The Temanggung coffee plantation was once an important part of the earliest development of coffees in the archipelago and hence the world.
The coffee beans are processed using a variation of the natural process nicknamed the wine method, which involves a long fermentation and drying process that gives the coffee a distinctive wine-like aroma and taste.
Java Temanggung Arabica coffee has a mild acidity, a fruity and caramel flavor, and a sweet aftertaste that lingers on your palate.
It is one of the best specialty coffees Indonesia has to offer. Discover the richness of Java Temanggung Arabica coffee.
When people think of "wet hulled coffee" (aka "giling basah"), Sumatra tends to be the origin that comes to mind. But Java also produces some of our favorites of the complex, rustic-sweet coffees, and are often exceptionally sorted for defects too, as Waspada is. The dry fragrance yields hints of banana bread, dark corn syrup, and bittersweet rustic cocoa. I pick up on a potent blackstrap molasses note in the wetted coffee that carries notes of milk chocolate and brown bread in the steam. The interesting smells give way to a somewhat atypical wet hulled cup as well. This coffee really challenges preconceptions you might have about wet hulled coffee. Sure, it has some of the typical earth and woody aspects. But it also offers notes of fruit and an acidic impression that put it in a league of its own. The cup sweetness walks a tightrope between unrefined sweeteners and earthy dried date. I'm giving City roasting the green light here - not often recommended for wet hulled coffees - which cultivates a moderately bright cup considering, with acidity being informed by notes of lemony sour grass, and a hint of orange herbal bitters. Full City+ roasts produce more than ample sweetness that offsets some of the intense roast bittering. There's also a hint of dried plum in there, and subtle anise aroma. I didn't pick up on a whole lot of 'smokey' aspects either, which only helps to lift the dense layers of dark cocoa.
Processing Method: Wet Hulled (Giling Basah)
Cultivar:Modern Hybrids
Farm Gate:Yes
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Pak Gunawan's has really stretched out his entrepreneurial roots. From coffee roaster and cafe owner, to pine oil distiller (most coffee is grown in the pine agroforestry zones, so this makes a lot of sense), this Sundanese small-businessman recently added "coffee collector" to his repertoire. "Collectors" are intermediaries of sorts who buy partially processed coffee and full coffee cherry from coffee small scale farmers and then process the coffee down to the dried seed/bean. In the case of Pak Gunawan, he is renting a small warehouse space replete with coffee huller in Ciwidey and producing mostly wet-hulled coffee (aka "giling basah"). Whereas many collectors create large blends of all the coffee they buy, Pak Gunawan pays special attention to separating the lots that he buys by region, these smaller lot sizes adding a layer of quality control, not to mention more specific provenance. The washing station where Pak Gunawan has procured this coffee is in Waspada (also known as "Laspada"), near Pangalengan. We found Waspada to be a very unique wet hulled coffee, lighter roasts showing impressive acidity considering process, and the typical earthy/herbal/woody notes are interspersed with atypical fruited sweetness. One of our cuppers wrote that it "tastes like wet hulled Sumatra with a little Ethiopia mixed in".
Region
Waspada Village, Pangalengan, Bandung
Processing
Natural
Drying Method
Patio Sun-Dried
Arrival date
May Arrival
Lot size
40
Bag size
60 KG
Packaging
GrainPro Liner
Farm Gate
Yes
Cultivar Detail
Kartika and Lini S
Grade
Grade 1
Appearance
.8 d/300gr, 17+ Screen
Roast Recommendations
City to Full City+
Type
Farm Gate
Recommended for Espresso
Yes
Specifications
Variety
Lini S or
Kartika
Wholesale Green Bean or Retail (Buyer Type)
Green Bean Wholesale Bags: (60 Kg/ 132 lbs Whole bag bulk orders) No roasting or grinding available